Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1498
       
       
        
       By Senator Joyner
       
       
       
       
       
       19-01449-14                                           20141498__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to marriage of minors; amending s.
    3         741.0405, F.S.; revising provisions that allow the
    4         issuance of marriage licenses to persons younger than
    5         18 years of age in certain circumstances; removing
    6         exceptions that allow the issuance of a marriage
    7         license to persons younger than 16 years of age;
    8         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsections (2) through (4) of section 741.0405,
   14  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   15         741.0405 When marriage license may be issued to persons
   16  under 18 years.—
   17         (2) The county court judge of any county in the state may,
   18  in the exercise of his or her discretion, issue a license to
   19  marry to a any male or female younger than under the age of 18
   20  years of age, but at least 16 years of age, upon application of
   21  both parties sworn under oath that they are the parents of a
   22  child.
   23         (3) If When the fact of pregnancy is verified by the
   24  written statement of a licensed physician, the county court
   25  judge of any county in the state may, in his or her discretion,
   26  issue a license to marry:
   27         (a) To a any male or female younger than under the age of
   28  18 years of age, but at least 16 years of age, upon application
   29  of both parties sworn under oath that they are the expectant
   30  parents of a child; or
   31         (b) To a any female younger than under the age of 18 years
   32  of age, but at least 16 years of age, and a male older than over
   33  the age of 18 years of age upon the female’s application sworn
   34  under oath that she is an expectant parent.
   35         (4) A No license to marry may not shall be granted to a any
   36  person younger than under the age of 16 years of age, with or
   37  without the consent of the parents, except as provided in
   38  subsections (2) and (3).
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.